For example, In 1990 Portuguese alphabet was extended by 3 foreign letters which are K (capa, pronounced as "kappa"), Y (pronounced as "ípsilon or "ipsilão" or "i greg"), W (pronounced as "diáblio"). Hmmm, Portugueses certainly hate W. There are many English dialects. For example, I know abou...

Some languages have a "regulatory body" issuing recommendations and guidelines regarding the use of that language. For example in the case of Spanish it's the Real Academia Española whose status is recognised in all Spanish-speaking countries. The Academy, among other things, publishes a diction...

Render onto Caesar the things which are Caesar's What does this sentence mean?

No, we don't support this. We look for great moderators wherever in the world they come from; enforcing time zone restrictions would be too limiting. Most elections in practice produce at least US and europe, which is adequate coverage.

Subquestioning my answer to question: What is the word for the emotion I feel when I see someone being humiliated?. What did Philip Pullman mean by writing the following sentences? Rapacity was sexy. Compassion was not.

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Stack Overflow has successfully borrowed at least one XBox feature (Achievements). I'd like to see another feature borrowed as well. Let's say I'm playing Halo online and another player is being a bigot. I have the option to add him to a list of ignored users. After doing that, all the racist...

See here for my thoughts on this; short version: I genuinely don't think the team should add this if an individual post offends you: flag that post it the mere existence of another user offends you: grow up

I actually find this thread pretty offensive. I would express myself by voting "offensive", but unfortunately my ♦ means that it would delete the entire post - which isn't my intention. Posting a script to ignore somebody by name is clearly inappropriate Choosing to use a script to ignore any s...

I'm not really sure the details on how this would work, except to make the person disappear as though they never existed (so remove all their comments, questions, and answers). It might make some comments seem out of place, but oh man, would it make time on SO more wonderful if you could magical...

When I started to learn English, I was used to write phantasy instead of fantasy, and I was always corrected. I recently noticed that phantasy is an English word too. Do people give to those words a different meaning?

Hi I recently graduated and got a job in a good company. I did some research under my professor and I want to write a thank you letter to him. Can some one help me how to write the letter. An example letter is very much appreciated.

When some one says "I watched anime 3 days straight", Does it mean they watched anime for three days sitting in one place without taking bath, brushing teeth etc for three days or does it mean that they watched anime for three days including personal grooming, eating etc but didn't do any other u...

Meh. Just one privilege?

If "Comrade" and "camaraderie" are from Spanish and French, why did the Russians and particularly Soviets (and later the Chinese and South Africans), come to adopt Comrade for usage? Also, does using camaraderie carry the same socio-political baggage as Comrade might? In contemporary usage, has...

The word is Greek in origin, used by Aristotle to describe "something which can be predicated by other things, but cannot be a predicate of others". To be certain of the correct pronunciation, we would have to consult someone who speaks native ancient Greek, which may be difficult. The best refe...

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My wife is now watching the movie "To Kill a Mockingbird" I did not join her because she watches with voices in Russian and I saw it already in original before. Though I recall I did not understand: who was a mockingbird linked to the word "kill" in the title?